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i^iOtES 



Jiine 28, 1946 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Coinraittee 

 of the Extension Service 



V/, h. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



— ^.M ll l» ■ Mill 



Why the Annual Bloon? 



Chan.ges in Fruit Disease Control 



A Versatile Fruit Grov^er 



Poison I'/y in the j^ple Orchard 



Get Rid of the Ghokecherries 



Seen in the Field 



Ten Years of Fruit Kotes 



Strawberry "Nubbins" 



Nursery Inspection Trip 



Schools for Harvest Labor Supervisors Planned 



miY THE AgggaL BLOOM ? 



?/ith the exception of a few varieties like Ben Davis which tend to develop 



blossoiTis at the tip of the tenninal grov.-th, apples cominonly bloon on spurs 



which are f oimd on wood at least tv/o years old. This season many apple trees 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of May 6 and June 

 30, 1914, T/Villard A. Munson, Director, Massachusetts State College, 

 United States Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services 

 Cooperating. 



